Community involvement in SOHO

Guest Investigators

--- see annex 6

• About 100 Letters of Intent received.
• Proposals are due on 20 September.
• The PIs will advise on the proposals that require data from their instrument.
• Proposals will be declared acceptable or not by the GI selection committee (GISC) on the basis of their scientific merit and feasibility; the GISC will meet on 20-22 November 1996.
• NASA will decide on the funding of US proposals according to available funds.
• Non-US proposers are responsible for securing their own funding.

Operations participation

Art Poland expressed his concerns about the participation in science operations and analysis at the EOF and EAF. A lively discussion started. One of the suggestions made to bring more people in was to organize a series of small, dedicated workshops. Topics: Polar plumes, the Whole Sun Month campaign, XBPs, etc.. Suggestions are most welcome! Project Scientists to organize (Action 20-5).

Publication policies

SUMER and CDS have submitted their first results papers for publication in Solar Physics. For them the ``flood gates are open'' and the community is free to publish papers using CDS and SUMER data, subject to the data rights policy. Apparently the situation is different for the other teams.

V.Domingo conveyed Martin Huber's appreciation for the PI's help by making material available for inclusion into his COSPAR Opening Lecture. He has now been asked to write up this lecture for the COSPAR Information Bulletin (CIB), for which he would like to have the PIs concurrence. No objections were brought forward. Instead, a repeated exposure of SOHO to the COSPAR members through the CIB was considered a good PR effort and beneficial for the mission's recognition in the space community at large.

Mission after March 1998

Has not been discussed (premature).